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I don't understand why it default to \s, not \W. PCRE word breaking assertions use \W to find word break.--[[User:Oleg Sychev|Oleg Sychev]] 20:31, 12 December 2010 (UTC) | I don't understand why it default to \s, not \W. PCRE word breaking assertions use \W to find word break.--[[User:Oleg Sychev|Oleg Sychev]] 20:31, 12 December 2010 (UTC) | ||
:Mainly because that is backwards compatible with the previous implementation of Pmatch. And pmatch has evolved over the years based on what is most useful. Anyway, that is only a default. | |||
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word dividers default
I don't understand why it default to \s, not \W. PCRE word breaking assertions use \W to find word break.--Oleg Sychev 20:31, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
- Mainly because that is backwards compatible with the previous implementation of Pmatch. And pmatch has evolved over the years based on what is most useful. Anyway, that is only a default.
